Finance
-
Sweden’s Spoon buys London content agency Southerly
Swedish communications agency Spoon has bought London content agency Southerly. The new agency will have offices in London, Stockholm, Gothenburg,…
Read More » -
Nestle US puts its agencies through the data wringer
Nestle, along with just about every other big advertiser, is trying to rationalise its agencies, this time in the US…
Read More » -
Yannick Bolloré to take charge of Vivendi as well as Havas
The son also rises, they do in French business anyway. Vivendi chairman and leading shareholder Vincent Bolloré has announced that…
Read More » -
Ford creative review is first big test for new WPP managers
Did Sir Martin Sorrell’s abrupt demise from WPP spark Ford’s announcement that it was inviting other agencies to pitch for…
Read More » -
Private equity leads in 2018 M&A but Capgemini strikes biggest deal with $500m LiquidHub
Private equity buyers accounted for 22 per cent of the 187 major marcoms M&A deals in the first quarter of…
Read More » -
Carat moves onwards and upwards – and (some people) out
PR’s a wonderful thing and it appears to be onwards and upwards at Aegis-owned Carat UK, with Jo Sutherland from…
Read More » -
New WPP COOs Read and Scott break cover with “let’s stay together” message
WPP’s new acting COOs Mark Read and Andrew Scott (below) have surfaced publicly for the first time with a memo…
Read More » -
Pintarget’s Roy Jeans: the Out of Home automation revolution is almost here
It’s only mid-April and we have already seen two jaw-dropping moments in the advertising industry so far this year. The…
Read More » -
MediaCom boss Stephen Allan says some people are “liberated” by Sorrell exit
At last, an interesting comment from a WPP insider about the departure of Sir Martin Sorrell. Stephen Allan (below), CEO…
Read More »